JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO HOLD OFF ON TRANSFERS FROM CITY ASYLUM CENTRE

Date Published: 12-Sep-2012

The Minister for Justice is to hold off on all transfers from the city Lisbrook asylum centre until a consideration process being conducted by the department is complete.

Minister Alan Shatter has vowed to consider the background circumstances relating to the case following a number of representations on the matter received by his office.

The centre was set to wind down with up to 270 residents moved to other centres nationwide and jobs losses for 25 staff.

The Reception & Integration Agency has been working to assign single males to the Great Western facilitiy in the city while it's understood there is very little accommodation available for families at the Eglington site in Salthill.

A demonstation in support of the residents resumed again this morning outside the site at the former Ibis Hotel off the Headford Road.

They have been calling for a reversal of the decision or at least a review of the timing of the move.

All transfers had been scheduled to be complete by the end of next month.